The mods' inbox has been getting slammed lately with reports about Check it Out threads being posted in the wrong section, so this is just a little reminder about the proper usage of that section.

If you are starting a thread specifically to share a link with the community, it belongs in the "Check it Out!" section, regardless of the topic. So even if it's a story about a sucky customer, it goes in CIO, not "Sucky Customers."

(If you are replying to an existing thread with a related link, that's fine).

Also, when posting a link either in CIO or as a reply, you need to include a brief description of what you are linking to. Just putting the link with no explanation is not sufficient. So as an example, if you were posting a link to this thread, it should look something like this: